◇ image via WikipediaJohn Miles
John Miles is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Eric Woolfson and Barriemore Barlow. Those roots explain a lot about how John Miles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Flash and the Pan, Toto and Rod Stewart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Alan Parsons Project, Tina Turner, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker and Eric Woolfson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around John Miles, reaching back through Eric Woolfson and forward to The Alan Parsons Project. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Miles connections
John Miles grew out of Eric Woolfson and Barriemore Barlow, shares an orbit with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Flash and the Pan and Toto, went on to shape The Alan Parsons Project, Tina Turner, Jimmy Page and Joe Cocker. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced John Miles
Sounds and acts that shaped John Miles.
Artists similar to John Miles
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with John Miles.
- Manfred Mann's Earth Bandartist
- Sniff 'n' the Tearsartist
- Flash and the Panartist
- Totoartist
- Rod Stewartartist
- The Babysartist
- Supertrampartist
- Bay City Rollersartist
- Mike & The Mechanicsartist
- Little River Bandartist
- Cliff Richardartist
- John Parrartist
- The J. Geils Bandartist
- The Rubettesartist
- Meat Loafartist
- Al Stewartartist
- Christieartist
- Gerry Raffertyartist
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebelartist
- Sweetartist
- Starshipartist
- George Baker Selectionartist
- Elton Johnartist
- Jefferson Starshipartist
- Steve Miller Bandartist
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